Direct And Indirect ObjectsObjective Case and Pronoun Worksheets

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Direct and indirect objects are easier to recognize with our printable grammar worksheets. We have several objective case worksheets all together on this page as with the objective complement and objective pronouns. It's actually pretty easy to tell when words are direct objects.

Direct And Indirect Objects Worksheets

What Is A Direct Object?

What is a direct object?

First let's see some definitions.

Object - An object is a word, or a group of words, that completes the meaning of the verb in a sentence, an object does not do the action. In the sentence, "Girls learn sewing." the word "sewing" is needed to complete the predicate "learn". Those verbs that require the addition of an object to complete their meaning are called transitive verbs. Any object pronoun must be put in the objective case. "Thomas taught him." See examples below and on our worksheets.

Direct Object - is the noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb in the ACTIVE voice and is formed in the objective case.

A bird caught the bug. "Bug" is the direct object of "caught".

Indirect Object - is the noun or pronoun that receives the direct object and is formed in the objective case.

Bob brought Sue a book. "Sue" receives the direct object "book".

Direct Object Worksheets

The definition of a direct object is on the worksheet and the DO itself is highlighted in gray. Have the children practice writing the complete sentences with a capital letter on the first word and a period at the end.

The same for the indirect object worksheets below the direct in the next section.

Cursive

Object Complement Worksheets

Case is the form of a noun or pronoun that indicates its sense relation to other words in a sentence. Be sure to see our diagramming worksheets to see where objects sit on the chart.

The nominative case shows that the word is either the subject or the predicate complement, the noun or pronoun that completes the predicate verb by answering the question, "What?"

The objective case indicates that the word is a noun or pronoun is either the direct or indirect object, or an object of the preposition.

The possessive case shows that a noun or pronoun denotes ownership and is an adjective case meaning that it frequently makes adjectives out of nouns. Some other languages would call this the genitive case.

Object Of A Preposition

Object Of A Preposition - The object of a preposition is a noun or pronoun that is linked to the rest of the sentence by the preposition.

Apples are by the counter. "Counter" is the object of the preposition "by".

See our List of Prepositions and preposition worksheets for more preposition definitions and exercises. You might also like our worksheets for the: